Hey all, I am 17 years old and I just acquired my first classic truck. I plan on keeping this car for the rest of my life. I want to be one of those guys that says, "this was my high school car" It is a 1954 Chevrolet 3100. It has a 4-Speed on the floor. I do not know how to drive stick nor do I have my driver's license yet. Hopefully this truck motivates me to learn standard shift and get my license. I live in Arizona and this truck is rust-free for the most part as it's been in the southwest all of it's life. It has a 235 Straight Six with the original 6V System.
Here are the two ads that were posted about it when I was looking for a truck:
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I paid my friend for gas to drive me to Wittmann, AZ from Peoria, AZ and we went and checked it out. Usually the pictures look better than the vehicle actually is, in this case, the pictures didn't lie. In fact, it might've been a tad bit better than I expected. The owner was kind enough to take a deposit and wait two weeks for me to get another paycheck to come up with the rest. He even had another serious buyer on the line with cash in hand waiting to come get it. I called first and he said he would hold it for me and let me look at it first before anyone else. He held true to his word.
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After going back and forth about how/when I should get it home (it runs and drives), we finally settled on having the previous owner tow it to me because I had no way of getting out there as my uncle died 3 days before I got the truck and my family was busy because of that. He towed it to me while I was actually at work and my dad handled the transaction after I gave it to him. I couldn't wait to get home from work that day.
Two weeks later I got paid and on September 27, 2012. This truck became mine. Here it is when it got to it's new home:
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A couple of days later when I wasn't busy I put it in neutral, took off the E-Brake and rolled it down the driveway a little bit to take some better pictures.
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